http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/ Green Party for Medway en-gb Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:36:51 GMT240 http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/79http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/79 This evening, Kent News reported that E.ON's plans for a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth are progressing following the announcement that they have reached the next stage of a government competition.Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/70http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/70 Trish Marchant, the Green Party parliamentary candidate for Gillingham and Rainham, has recently launched her blog site.Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/68http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/68 For the first time, the Medway Green Party has parliamentary candidates standing in Medway's three constituencies: Rochester and Strood, Gillingham and Rainham plus Chatham and Aylesford.Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/67http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/67 Medway Green Party members Paul Cumming-Benson and William Knott joined other Medway residents to protest against the chopping down of trees at the Paddock.Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/66http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/66 It will come as no surprise to those who have been following the Paddock and the issues with the bus station that work on chopping down the trees had already started.Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/78http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/78 Trish Marchant, the Green Party parliamentary candidate for Gillingham and Rainham, wrote to the Medway Messenger in response to Bob Oakley's letter suggesting the UK follow the French government's decision to ban the burka.Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/62http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/62 The Green Party is opposed, on scientific and ethical grounds, to the harmful use of animals in research and for medical purposes and would ban all research and medical practice which harms animals, including harmful procedures used to obtain animal derived materials.The Medway Green Party therefore welcomes a student guide to animal experimentation - 'What is wrong with animal experiments? A guide for students' - launched recently by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV). Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/61http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/61 At least 18 trees are under threat in Chatham because of the new dynamic bus station. If you care about these trees please act quickly. Send a letter of objection to Amanda Hutchinson, Planning Dept., Medway council, Gun wharf, Dock rd, Chatham, ME4 4TR. Quoting planning reference No.MC/09/2545There is a planning meeting on Wednesday 27th January at 7pm.Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/57http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/57 E.oN have announced that they will not be going forward with their plans to build a new coal fired power station at Kingsnorth for two to three years. They claim that the economic downturn and reduced demand makes it uneconomic to go ahead.Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/55http://medway.greenparty.org.uk/news/55 Medway Green Party met for an autumn fund-raising barbecue at the weekend and to meet representatives of the Save Ridge Meadow school campaign. Although the weather was a bit rough for a BBQ it was a perfect setting for the way the Ridge Meadow reps felt. They have battled against the councils intentions of closing their school and have not given up yet. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT